Two teams from Clay County High School earned first and second place finishes at the West Virginia Envirothon on Thursday afternoon at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Jackson County.
The Clay County team that included students Skylar Adkins, Hollie Conley, Brooklyn Anderson, Sophia Berberich and Grace Bass took home the top prize, a $5,000 scholarship to share, and will go on to represent West Virginia at this summer’s NCF-Envirothon in Canada.
The second-place team consisted of students Parker Taylor, Maddy Morton, Trent Hinkle, Jamie Grose and Kaylah Kennedy, and took the name “Clay County Conifers.”
The two Clay County teams topped a team from Morgantown High School, which finished in third place; the Ravenswood FFA team from Ravenswood High School, which finished in fourth place; and the fifth-place Doddridge FFA team from Doddridge County High School.
Teams who scored the highest in each of the five Envirothon “stations” also shared $500 awards. The Doddridge FFA team won the Wildlife station award; the Morgantown High School team won the Aquatics station award; the Clay County Conifers won the Forestry station award and the first-place Clay County team, with the name “Tuff Titmice,” took the Soils station award.
The Webster County High School “Crispy Critters” team won the Fifth Topic station award, in which students are judged on an oral presentation.
The top-scoring Clay County team that included Adkins, Conley, Anderson, Berberich and Bass also won the Top FFA Team award.
The highest-scoring rookie team this year was the Ecomaniacs of Oak Glen High School in Hancock County.
Congratulations to all the participating teams this year! Photos below include the top five teams and students from Clay County when they realized that two of their three county teams finished in first and second place at the Envirothon.